The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-04-12

seemed 'nOllllililct lH llc pphh w
his ancient mariner face and "espec-
iallv the parchmrut> of hi wrinklet
brow, the parish church book. which
searched with the di>intcrc>tcd help Oi
both rector and sexton. proved the date
of birth. of baptism. of confirmation anu
of 80 many hymcneal devotion:
at the old communion table a:
would have made the Pr"phe'
Smith or Brigham Young turn
green with envy. But some iuvc~tiga-
tors are aS crcduuu~ a. Mr. Pickwirk
when hr paid five pounds for the anti
Puari;in stone in the good old Town of
Rochester alId discovered late that the
cross upon il Was not quite ~ ancient
a. the cross of Constantine. Like
Henry Thomas Buckle, Sir George
Curncwall Lewis first became cnthu~cd
with theory and then set to work la
make history and statistics accord with
il. Yet even L. could scarcely DENY
that Marlin Joseph Rnuih. president of
Ma",lalen COLLEGE. Oxford. livc,l hi
century: nor that Lord Saint LrumarI>.
one IF the krrnr>t IF English lawyers.
lived la 96. have only known one al
two c"nicuIrian>. huI could put down
Il dozen men and women whom ! have
been personally well acquainted with
who have nearly approached their cen
trnmial.
Prof. Humphrey. If Cambridge. Eng
land. University. VII" has made Ion
"rvity It scientific study. does not
ihror-iSe AT all. hIt giyr, the numbers
a. hr finds them In SONG very interest
in@ tables. He records the recent
deaths OF eleven persons. two men and
nine women. who. uUi uf liftN-;Wo ca>,.~
i'm which the age was a matter only If
current belief. were proven iu have.
exceeded one hundred wears. One Uf
them wa~ Il hundred anil eight. another
one hundred and >iN. h.y"mh dispute.
OF lifty-twu alleged Crntrnarian>.
thirtN->iN were women and sixteen
men. He attributes the greater ratiu
of longevity in WOMEN go their free
dom from the exposures. risks and cN-
citrmrmt> which belong Ia the occupa-
tion> IF men. That j.. | suppose. that
women STAY more az home Ind drift
about less. though | doubt il. at least
far a. our country i concerned.
They are perhaps les given Ia over
ratin" amt drinking. Out of thirty
five ccntrnaIian women he found that
twcmty->iN had hren married and eleven
had borne large families. Of the
twcnty-~iN who had been wives.
eight had married before they
reached the age of twenty. One
of them had married at sixteen
and two ut seventeen years of age.
Prof. Humphrey found that twelve of
the fifty-two centenarians were the
eldest children of their parents. which
seems to contradict the popular belief
that first children are less hardy team
those who follow them Yet this no.
ton prevails in racing stables, where
''lirstlingS" are not depended upon for
great endurance on the track. But
what is of more value is that this phys
iologiSt found the centenarians. with
out exception, to be persons of spare
build, which may be good suggestion
To the American Legion of Honor, al
though | could name many cOrpulent
Brooklyn citizens who are likely to
outlive any '.Barebones" in our midst.
But Prof. Humphrey says of these
happy veterans. that govt and rheuma-
tiSm were, as rule, absent. 1T
seems" says the professor, ''that the
frame which i destined for great age
needs no such prophylacticS. and en-
genders none of the peccant humors
for which the finger joints. as in govt.
may find vent" OF the fifty-two
aged persons whom he had investi-
gated, twenty-four only were tooth
less, the average number of teeth in
these centenarians being four To five.
Long sleep was noticeable in their lat
fer days. the average being about nine
hours.
There Is one precept or motto of
longevity which is superior Ia all the
rigid prescriptions of the doctors. 1t
is that lone mans meat is another
mans poison and that, every human
being who thinks life worth living
should drink and eat the things that he
iinds agree with him. ! know a sui
ferer from dy-pcpia-''ihc bag Dys-
pcpsia of Carly>le, whom James An
ihony Froude calls without exception
the greatest genius of the century,
who can digest two ounces of new
cheese. two on three slices of new
bread. gla~> of vinegar bitter>
at midnight. and retire again with
two or three dOughnuLS on his
chest. If I did that would have To he
moved To Flatbush, for should. unlike
the iailer at Philippi, do myself harm.
Yet rules of diet are good and while